1. frugal
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(adjective):
restrained in money or amount, not wasteful, without luxury |
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p. 9: Master came back to the house about three
in the afternoon
to eat his frugal meal, ... asking only for boiled vegetables and a
crisp crust of bread.
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| 2. capricious |
(________): fickle,
unpredictable, changeable for no apparent reason
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p. 10: I hung my head so that she could not see
how much I loved
it, for she was capricious,
and ... she might make me do other things for
a while.
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| 3. taciturn |
(adjective):
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p. 12: I heard from remarks here and there that
he was a painter
of great talent, but
taciturn, severe, and strange.
p. 94: He once told me, the
world is too full of foolish
words that had best never been spoken.
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| 4. premonition |
(noun):
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p. 25: When, in the kitchen, the cook handed me a
dirty bowl of
lukewarm soup, and nothing
else, I felt a premonition of trouble.
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| 5. subservient |
(adjective):
___________________________________________ |
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p. 28: The gypsy loved to subdue anything and
make it subservient
to his wishes.
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| 6. rebellious |
(adjective):
____________________________________________ |
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p. 28: I was not a rebellious child, ...and I
soon learned to
leap to obey.
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| 7. austere |
(________): plain and
simple, without decoration, stern |
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p. 40: He was an austere man himself,
uninterested in furbelows (ruffles) except when he had to paint them.
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| 8. reverie |
(noun):
_____________________________________________ |
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p. 45: I felt a little more confidence in his
presence, and did
not fear disturbing him in
one of his reveries.
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| 9. frivolous |
(adjective):
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p. 57: His Majesty must have had to put up with
many endless
hours of frivolous talk and
hollow praise.
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| 10. impetuous |
(________): impulsive by
nature, easily
moved by emotion |
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p. 58: Spaniards are said to be impetuous people,
but that
is a lie. Master was as
coolly dispassionate as a portrait himself. |